Quality Management and Accreditation/Certification of Genetic Testing (Unit 1)

Quality Management System

Education & Training

Databases & Resources

General Information

Our aim is to measurably improve the quality of the management and provision of genetic services for the benefit of the patient and that lab accreditation is considered the norm.

Events All events

Diagnostic Molecular Genetics Best Practice Meeting: Long QT Syndrome (LQT) - 22 Sep 2008 - Oxford (GB) More...

Board Meeting - Unit 1 - 25 Sep 2008 - Heverlee (Leuven) (BE) More...

Workshop - Fulfilling the requirements of ISO 15189 for management review, internal quality control and external quality assessment (WP1.8) - 09 Oct 2008 - Berlin (DE)

Want to learn more on how to do a management review, on how to introduce internal quality controls in the lab or what participating in EQA means? More...

Train The Trainer Workshop (WP1.8) - 19 Nov 2008 - Leuven (BE) More...

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News

Job opportunity for director of molecular diagnostic lab (Lausanne) More...

UK NEQAS has opened registration for the CF testing on blood spots to European laboratories

UK NEQAS for Molecular Genetics has opened registration for the Cystic fibrosis testing on blood spots External Quality Assurance (EQA) 2008 scheme to European laboratories. Numbers have been limited for this year so any interested parties should contact the Scheme Organiser as soon as possible. (upd.18 Mar 2008) More...

The IVD Directive and Genetic Testing: Problems and proposals

The in-vitro Medical Devices Directive (IVD Directive) sets a framework for the regulation of in-vitro diagnostic tests in the EU. Issued in 1998, the Directive came into force in 2003 in all member states. Since then, some issues have arisen with the Directive which have particular relevance for genetic testing. (upd.12 Feb 2008) More...

Registration open for new Workshops on Quality

The registration is now open for the workshop on 'Accreditation in genetic testing services' and the workshop 'Towards accreditation - managing the human side of change' organized in parallel, just before the ESHG in Barcelona. (upd.22 Jan 2008) More...

EMQN and GfH EQA scheme merger

We are very pleased to announce that on December 20th 2007 the board of the German Society of Human Genetics (GfH) approved the merger of the EMQN and GfH External Quality Assessment schemes. (upd.18 Jan 2008) More...

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Europe

The IPTS, ESTO and EuroGentest report on PGD in Europe has been released and again highlights the pressing need for EuroGentest’s harmonization work. (upd.14 Jan 2008) More...